The Western Championship Series (WCS) is an online tournament held for West Coast NA. These tournaments are held every Wednesday at 7 PM PST. Usually these tournaments are held in the the Official Rivals of Aether Discord, but due to Genesis 5 most of the NCS TOs are out of commission this weekend; that's why we're hosting it in the Academy tonight under the name MSB Western Championship Series.

Registration

You have to belong to the RoA Academy Discord at http://discord.me/mentor. This is done to help the tournament organizers to locate participants easier.

Your Challonge username needs to be the same or as close as possible to your Discord display name.

Competing

You must check-in on the Challonge bracket. The Challonge website will remove players who do not check-in. Check-ins open thirty minutes before the tournament starts and are open till the start of the tournament. The tournament is not affected by players signing up and missing the tournaments. Feel free to sign-up for any tournaments regardless if you know you can make the tournament or not.

During the tournament you need to be in the RoA Academy Discord server. This is necessary for opponents to be able to quickly and easily find each other.

Tournament admins will announce when the bracket is final and the tournament has started in the RoA Academy server. When this is announced, refresh your Challonge bracket and find your opponent's name. Find the same name in the RoA Academy server and send them a direct message. The server will have a list of all tournament participants. If you cannot locate your current opponent through Discord then directly message one of the tournament admins.

After a series is completed you may self-report the set score on the Challonge bracket or report your score to a tournament admin. The Challonge bracket will update automatically for you to find your next opponent.

We highly recommend players do a connection test before starting their series. If either player is experiencing any connection problems contact a tournament admin immediately. The tournament admin will go through steps to resolve the connection issues and take appropriate actions from there.

If for any reason you need to leave the tournament early or have issues not covered above, contact a tournament admin immediately.

Ruleset

Players are expected to behave in a reasonable and respectable manner.

You must have adequate internet connection to compete. You may be disqualified from the tournament if your connection is unable to keep up at a reasonable level.

If a player loses connection during a match, that player will forfeit that current match. Opposing players may allow to restart the disconnected match if they agree to do so. Disconnections should be immediately reported to a tournament admin.

When a match desyncs, contact a tournament admin immediately and that match will be replayed with the same stock count. After each player removes any stocks needed the match will start on an agreed upon signal. This could be both players taunting, the clock at an agreed time or anything both players can agree on.

The tournament is double elimination. All players will have the chance to compete in a minimum of two series.

All set will be played in a best two out of three format. Top 8 will be played in a best three out of five format. If you are unsure what the format of your current set is, contact a tournament admin immediately.

Stages are struck using in-game stage-striking, with last-stage striking for the first game, and winner-strikes-two after that.

When choosing stages, you cannot return to any stage you have previously won on without the consent of your opponent.